Great presentation of XML basics
This book is very useful and well written. The topics covered include XML basics, DTD's, style sheets, XML schemas, XML Query, XHTML, SYMM and MIL. It describes each topic in detail and with examples. Some of the examples help understand the different error messages given by the validating parsers. Perhaps that is the part programmers are mostly interested in.Topics like XML Query and RDF are out of date as of now (Sept 2002), due to new W3C specifications, but introduction provided in the book is still useful for getting started. I really like XML Query chapter because no other small introduction is available elsewhere as of now.
This book is an excellent choice to get started with XML. It has got all the basics and nice examples.
A great reference book that should be on your shelf...
I found XML: The Complete Reference to be a worthy book to have in my library. You will not learn everything there is to know about XML in this book, but you will be able to understand it well enough to begin. I have used this book over and over to look up little things that need. It is sometimes dificult to find what you are looking foor. But I have put tabs in my book to help me. If you program in XML, you will use this book everyday. This is a must have!
XML: The Complete Reference
I have found Ms. Williamson's XML reference book to be useful whenever I have any questions. It has been easy to find the answers and a great help.
A good Training Manual and Basic Reference Guide
We have been using this book as a Training manual and reference book for all of our classes in XML. It is very thorough and contains all the information anyone will need to be able to get started with XML programming. I think that MS Williamson has done a great job of putting together a lot of information in a book that can be used by people of different levels of knowledge and expertise.
XML: The Complete Reference
The book XML: The Complete Reference has been of great use to me. I had taken a class on web sites and document designs, for my company, and the class used XML: The Complete Reference as a guide. I thought that Ms. Williamson did an excellant job creating a guide and reference book for XML. I use it whenever I have any questions while using XML. It has been wonderful and a great help.
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